RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Structural and Intercultural Competence for Epidemiological Studies (SICES) guidelines: a 22-item checklist
JF BMJ Global Health
JO BMJ Global Health
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e005237
DO 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005237
VO 6
IS 4
A1 Angel Martinez-Hernaez
A1 Deborah Bekele
A1 Carla Sabariego
A1 Ángel Rodríguez-Laso
A1 Ellen Vorstenbosch
A1 Laura Alejandra Rico-Uribe
A1 José Luis Ayuso-Mateos
A1 Albert Sánchez-Niubò
A1 Leocadio Rodríguez-Mañas
A1 Josep Maria Haro
YR 2021
UL http://gh.bmj.com/content/6/4/e005237.abstract
AB Structural and intercultural competence approaches have been widely applied to fields such as medical training, healthcare practice, healthcare policies and health promotion. Nevertheless, their systematic implementation in epidemiological research is absent. Based on a scoping review and a qualitative analysis, in this article we propose a checklist to assess cultural and structural competence in epidemiological research: the Structural and Intercultural Competence for Epidemiological Studies guidelines. These guidelines are organised as a checklist of 22 items and consider four dimensions of competence (awareness and reflexivity, cultural and structural validation, cultural and structural sensitivity, and cultural and structural representativeness), which are applied to the different stages of epidemiological research: (1) research team building and research questions; (2) study design, participant recruitment, data collection and data analysis; and (3) dissemination. These are the first guidelines addressing structural and cultural competence in epidemiological inquiry.All data relevant to the study are included in the article.